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Item #8103 The Good Huswifes Jewell 2 Parts. London 1596/7. [The Good Houswife's Jewel and the...

Dawson, Thomas

The Good Huswifes Jewell 2 Parts. London 1596/7. [The Good Houswife's Jewel and the Second Part of the Good Housewife's Jewel].

Amsterdam, Norwood, N.J. Walter J. Johnson, Inc.; Theatrum Orbis Terrarium, 1977. Duodecimo (15.3 x 16.5 cm.), 42, [10], 72 (following the original eccentric pagination). Facsimile edition of the original 1596/7 issue Elizabethan cookbook in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. “Newly set foorth with additions”; the original was issued in 1585. Very light soil to the red cloth boards and an abrasion on the spine otherwise fine. With the bookseller ticket of.....

Price: $90.00

de Pomiane, Edouard

Recettes de Grande Cuisine, par le Gastronome Dr. de Pomiane.

N.p. Liebig; Maron-Esperonnier, Imp. [circa 1950s]. Small, accordion fold booklet (13.5 x 11 cm.), [8] pages. Text in Italian. Promotional booklet for the Liebig company's various bottled sauces, including Sauce Madere, Sauce Perigueux, Sauce Chasseur, Sauce Americaine, and Sauce Italienne. The booklet includes twenty-six recipes, attributed here to the famous medical doctor and gastronome Edouard de Pomiane, pseudonym of Édouard Pozerski. The little booklet is printed by the lithographers, Maron-Esperonnier.....

Price: $50.00

Item #7351 [Food is Fun.] Favorite Recipes from Friends and Members of the First Congregational...

[First Congregational Church (Marion, Massachusetts), Friends and Members of the]

[Food is Fun.] Favorite Recipes from Friends and Members of the First Congregational Church, Marion Massachusetts.

Marion, Massachusetts: Friends and Members, [n.d., circa 1960]. Mimeographed booklet, hole punched but not bound, (14 x 11.5 cm.), [16 pages (some vertical gatefolds)]. Cover illustrated with a linocut. Title partly from the wrappers. FIRST EDITION. A community cookbook for Marion, Massachusett's First Congregational Church. All recipes are attributed, and each is given its own page, some of which are cut longer to fit a longer recipe. Some of the.....

Price: $90.00

Item #7038 The Ladies' New Book of Cookery: a Practical system for private families in town and...

Hale, Sarah Josepha; [Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1788-1879)]

The Ladies' New Book of Cookery: a Practical system for private families in town and country; with directions for carving, and arranging the table for parties, etc. Also, preparations of food for invalids and children. Fifth edition.

New York: H. Long & Brother, 1852. Octavo (19 x 13.5 cm.), xv, [1], 474, [2] pages. Illustrated. Index. Title on engraved title: Mrs. Hale's New Book of Cookery and Complete Housekeeper; spine title: Mrs. Hale's New Cook Book. FIRST EDITION, second or third printing. Though styled "Fifth Edition" on the title page, Cagle calls this "First edition, probable second printing, New York, 1852" stating that "all copies published in.....

Price: $350.00

[Label - Tiger Brand Lard]; Chamberlain, Roe & Co

Diamond-shaped Lard Label.

New York: Chamberlain, Roe & Co., [late 19th century]. 16 x 27 cm label. Printed in red and black. A diamond shaped label for 19th century New York Lard Refiners and Provision Dealers, Chamberlain, Roe & Co. Leaf lard is the highest grade of lard, prepared here “expressly for family use”, leaf lard has minimal pork flavor and is ideal for its use in baked goods. Fine.

Price: $90.00

Item #6846 UnXld: American Cookbooks of Community & Place. Volume 1, Alabama – District of...

Lindgren, Don & Mark Germer

UnXld: American Cookbooks of Community & Place. Volume 1, Alabama – District of Columbia.

Biddeford, Maine: Rabelais Inc., 2018. Volume one only (all published to date). Small quarto (26.5 x 19 cm.), 169 pages. Illustrated throughout in color. Title Index. Bibliography. Designed and with a letterpressed wrapper by Scott Vile of the Ascensius Press in Bar Mills, Maine. FIRST EDITION. ~ ~ The first volume in a long-term effort to examine AMERICAN COMMUNITY COOKBOOKS as a genre, within a context of other cookbooks which.....

Price: $50.00

Item #7269 1776-1876. The Centennial Cook Book and General Guide. (Illustrated.) Practical...

Myers, Mrs. Ella E

1776-1876. The Centennial Cook Book and General Guide. (Illustrated.) Practical receipts, in four parts, embracing modern cookery ...

Philadelphia: J.B. Myers, Publishers, 1876. Octavo (19 x 13 cm.), vi, 403, [1] pages. Illustrated with numerous engravings in the text and on plates; decorated initials begin each section. Index divided by section. FIRST EDITION. Issued on the occasion of the American centennial, and containing both a cookbook and a guide to Philadelphia's sites for visitors to the events. Contents include cookery, medical recipes, child care, farming, and household recipes.....

Price: $150.00

Nignon, Eduoard

Eloges de la Cuisine Française. Presentation de Sacha Guitry.

Paris: L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, 1933. Quarto, 444 pages. Illustrated with designs and ornaments by Pierre Courtois. FIRST EDITION. Nignon was chef to the Tsar and to the Austrian Emperor before cooking at the grand Parisian Restaurant Larue. This is one of the great expressions of French cooking between the wars. Mostly unopened. In original taupe wrappers, printed in black, green and silver, with a tiny bit of edgewear. Near.....

Price: $600.00

Item #3656 The Horsford Cook Book, Containing Practical Recipes for Making Superior Bread,...

[Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, Rhode Island, Eben Norton Horsford, 1818-1893, President]

The Horsford Cook Book, Containing Practical Recipes for Making Superior Bread, Biscuit, Rolls, Muffins, Waffles, Short Cake, Griddle Or Pan Cakes, Pies, Cake Puddings, and Many Other Useful Recipes.

Providence, RI: Rumford Chemical Works, circa 1880. Sewn booklet (9.5x14.5 cm), 32 pages. In chromolithograph-illustrated wrapper printed by Schumacher & Ettlinger Lithy, NY. Date based on the testimonials. An attractively printed product cookbook, promoting Horsford's Baking Powder. Wrappers printed in gold, red and black, with light soiling. Pages age-darkened and with some stains. Still near very good. Scarce. [Cagle 973 notes a similar work, but with 36 pages].

Price: $90.00